Yom HaShoah 3068 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6828

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6828 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 3065 27 Nisan 6825
Yom HaShoah 3066 28 Nisan 6826
Yom HaShoah 3067 26 Nisan 6827
Yom HaShoah 3068 27 Nisan 6828
Yom HaShoah 3069 27 Nisan 6829
Yom HaShoah 3070 28 Nisan 6830
Yom HaShoah 3071 27 Nisan 6831
Yom HaShoah 3072 27 Nisan 6832

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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